New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-16
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TrEsDtY. Nov. Up. m.


Only two railroads to-day re- Ported their earn
ing> :jr tie FIRST week Ia Noscnl!cr. but those tive
made exhibits up to the average In showing aggregate
gross earnings Of $7IO74 against $4 2I5 for the week
of lsSG-a gain Of $3.50 or 1875 per cent. Tie
forty companies that already have reported fol
the first week in November give aggregate gross
ings OF 80. so5,73f against s,i0fls for the week Of
1eeG-a gain Of S4S1 ,552, or l4.1j re: 9rnt. And
these gains arc earnings which year ago were re
gaIdcd phcnomcnay large.
The principal feature Of today's stock market
the development OF more genera interest a broaden
Ing OFT Of element that reads less Of the Wall street
agencies news gossip, and therefore IS better able to
judge of facts and their effects Both yesterday and
today here heavy rcazaons OF profits by oca
Spectators yet tlcre were found markets that easily
absorbed the stock thu, sold without fluctuations be
yond reasonable limitations of all speculative markets
at all times The stock markc' IS no longer Ierso a
market its price, not at all Influenced by the
pronunciation of news 60 from the central bureau
bear operators. To days reports that way were
even than anything that has gone before, but II
was all loves labor lost Tho reported news pointed
directly to IN" speculation in Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul stock but that stock only sold OH to ~ 3d.
which 81 per cent better than yesterday : lowest :
It did sell up 10 - %, which Is IS per cent higher
than yesterdays. but It closed at 20 81, Which is
Ii per cent higher than yesterdays closing North
western closed AT an advance of l2 per cent yes
tcrday's closing price at III 7s after having opened
At Ill II an ceiling up u IL IL. lhl adclphia and
Reading opened down = per cent at 80 :, rose TO
20 :, fell 10 60 and closed At 80 "a. with "evcry
body long Of II selling for realization Of profits and
every onc7 else selling 1t for the reaction. After
Yesterdays additional adv top Of the advance
Of the two preceding days, to close tonight only 5S
per cent lower than yesterdays top figures develops
"A strength that 10 IS worth while to question
Union Parilc specially strong: II sold up To Oh
: higher than Yesterdays best ngnrcS-and closed al
53 81. The whole market opened something lower
than last nights closing but speedily recovered and
generally sold higher. Thr fluctuations were numer
ou> and were natural, but all the time there wa
undcrtonc 81 strength that lid not come from but was
apparent DIES ptc man puatiOn toward rcactiotsT We
should no: fan To mention Missouri Pacific. because
exceptional In closing b higher than last even
Ing. Among the fancles Hooking Coal and Iron was
active and closed = higher than yesterday, am
Tennessee Coat and Iron rose from - IL To- 81 on
purchases believed to lee for the account Of members
Of he party who trip Of investigation over the
East TENNESSEE Nirsul and Georgia and the Norfolk
and Western railroads The market closed strong Al
figures generally higher than last evenings where there
Wclc declines they did not exceed Ia per cent.
Government bonds quiet and easy with the
bids for the r. or IL per cent Annexed are tn,
closing quotations: